Over the years I have supported the Salvation Army - on the basis that I perceived it to be an organisation, whilst religiously based, which "rolled up its sleeves" and went about supporting everyone whatever their age, financial position, creed or religion. Having read this I will be directing my hard-earned money to an organisation which does not discriminate. It would be interesting to know what the position of the Oz Salvation Army is.
Most commentary on the Chilcot Inquiry Report of and associated with the Iraq War, has been "lifted" from the Executive Summary. The Intercept has actually gone and dug into the Report, with these revelations : "THE CHILCOT REPORT, the U.K.’s official inquiry into its participation in the Iraq War, has finally been released after seven years of investigation. Its executive summary certainly makes former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who led the British push for war, look terrible. According to the report, Blair made statements about Iraq’s nonexistent chemical, biological, and nuclear programs based on “what Mr. Blair believed” rather than the intelligence he had been given. The U.K. went to war despite the fact that “diplomatic options had not been exhausted.” Blair was warned by British intelligence that terrorism would “increase in the event of war, reflecting intensified anti-US/anti-Western sentiment in the Muslim world, including among Muslim communities in the
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And I agree, no more Salvation Army 'saving'...